Dr. Jorik Nonnekes
Jorik Nonnekes is an Associate Professor and consultant in rehabilitation medicine at the Radboud University Medical Centre in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Both his clinical and scientific work focuses on neurological gait impairments, with specific emphasis on gait impairments in Parkinson’s disease, rare and inherited movement disorders, and upper motor neuron lesions (eg stroke). Jorik leads his own research group and has published more than 140 papers in international peer-reviewed journals.
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Selected Publications
Bloks, B. E., Keijsers, N.L.W., Louwerens, J. W. K., Donken, C. C. M. A., Geurts, A. C. H., & Nonnekes, J. (2026). Surgical Correction of Pes Equinovarus in People With Stroke: Effects on Personalized Goal Attainment and Balance and Gait Capacity. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2026.01.015
Mancini, M., Bloem, B. R., Horak, F. B., Lewis, S. J. G., Nieuwboer, A., & Nonnekes, J. (2019). Clinical and methodological challenges for assessing freezing of gait: Future perspectives. Movement Disorders, 34(6), 783–790. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.27709
Nonnekes, J., Ružicka, E., Nieuwboer, A., Hallett, M., Fasano, A., & Bloem, B. R. (2019). Compensation Strategies for Gait Impairments in Parkinson Disease. JAMA Neurology, 76(6), 718. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.0033
Barthel, C., Nonnekes, J., van Helvert, M., Haan, R., Janssen, A., Delval, A., Weerdesteyn, V., Debû, B., van Wezel, R., Bloem, B. R., & Ferraye, M. U. (2018). The laser shoes: A new ambulatory device to alleviate freezing of gait in Parkinson disease. Neurology, 90(2), e164–e171. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000004795
Nonnekes, J., Snijders, A. H., Nutt, J. G., Deuschl, G., Giladi, N., & Bloem, B. R. (2015). Freezing of gait: a practical approach to management. The Lancet Neurology, 14(7), 768–778. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(15)00041-1